# 綾

| 綾 | U+7DBE, &#32190; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DBE |
| ← 綽 [U+7DBD] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 綿 → [U+7DBF] |
| 綾 | U+F957, &#63831; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F957 |
| ← 稜 [U+F956] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 菱 → [U+F958] |

## Translingual
### Han character

綾 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火土金水 (VFGCE), four-corner 2494$_7$, composition ⿰糹夌)

#### Derived characters

* 𣍚

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 928, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27591
* Dae Jaweon: page 1366, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3409, character 2
* Unihan data for U+7DBE
* Unihan data for U+F957

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 綾
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 棱 | *rɯːŋ |
| 稜 | *rɯːŋ |
| 輘 | *rɯːŋ |
| 倰 | *rɯːŋ |
| 祾 | *rɯːŋ, *rɯŋ |
| 踜 | *rɯːŋs |
| 凌 | *rɯŋ |
| 菱 | *rɯŋ |
| 陵 | *rɯŋ |
| 綾 | *rɯŋ |
| 鯪 | *rɯŋ |
| 淩 | *rɯŋ |
| 夌 | *rɯŋ |
| 蔆 | *rɯŋ |
| 崚 | *rɯŋ |
| 掕 | *rɯŋ |
| 𩜁 | *rɯŋs |
| 庱 | *r̥ʰɯŋ, *r̥ʰɯŋʔ |
| 睖 | *r̥ʰɯŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rɯŋ) : semantic 糸 + phonetic 夌 (OC *rɯŋ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): líng (ling$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ling$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîn / lêng
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$lin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: líng
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: líng
*** Wade–Giles: ling$^2$
*** Yale: líng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling
*** Palladius: лин (lin)
*** Sinological IPA : /liŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ling$^4$
*** Yale: lìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ling$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ling$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɪŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn / lêng
*** Tâi-lô: lîn / lîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liin, leeng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴/, /liɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴/, /liɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lin¹³/, /liɪŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴/, /liɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lin²³/, /liɪŋ²³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$lin
*** MiniDict: lin$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$lin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lin²³/
* Middle Chinese: ling
Rime :
| Character | 綾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 蒸 (133) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 力膺切 |
| Baxter | ling |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lɨŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lɨŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lieŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /liŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /liəŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭəŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /li̯əŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | líng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ling$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*rɯŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 綾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8247 |
| Phonetic component | 夌 |
| Rime group | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 陵 |
| Old Chinese | /*rɯŋ/ |

### Definitions

綾
* a thin type of silk fabric resembling satin; damask
    From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 7, part 2
    Jīng zhě wéi fǎng sī líng, yì zhī wéi jǐn jí juàn. [Pinyin]
    The fine ones are used for making silk and damask, and also woven into brocade and thin, tough silk.

### Compounds

* 砑綾 / 砑绫
* 綾機 / 绫机
* 綾羅 / 绫罗
* 綾羅綢緞 / 绫罗绸缎 (língluóchóuduàn)
* 綾襪 / 绫袜
* 綾錦 / 绫锦
* 繒綾 / 缯绫

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kan-on: りょう (ryō)
* Tō-on: りん (rin)
* Kun: あや (aya, 綾)
* Nanori: あや (aya)

#### Compounds

* 綾(りょう)紈(がん) (ryōgan)
* 綾(りょう)綺(き) (ryōki)
* 綾(りょう)羅(ら) (ryōra)
* 綾(りん)子(ず) (rinzu) (綸(りん)子(ず))

## Korean
### Hanja

綾 • (reung>neung) (hangeul 릉>능, revised reung>neung, McCune–Reischauer rŭng>nŭng, Yale lung>nung)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

綾: Hán Nôm readings: trăng
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